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Featuring an engaging, eclectic collection of americana ranging from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Showcasing a naval officer's commission on vellum signed by Theodore Roosevelt, an autograph document signed by famed New England physician, Dr. Edward Holyoke, including a mid-eighteenth century prescription, and a rare hand-colored map and indenture on vellum from colonial New Jersey.

Adams vs. Jackson

np: Sept., 1828. Adams vs. Jackson. "Extracted from the Niles' register of the 20th of Sept. 1828 - and republished that the free laborers of the United Sates may understand this important subject, and resist the movements of the slave-holding states, calling for an unconditional repeal of the tariff laws... Read More

GROTON SCHOOL

1917- 1936. GROTON SCHOOL. A photographic chronicle of the first two decades in the life of Gordon Auchincloss from infancy to college. Highlights include the Groton School 50th Anniversary, June, 1934 with Fraklin D. Roosevelt pictured seated in the center of the porch, the Groton Football team of which Gordon... Read More

Lakewood, Ohio: 1913-1916. Including about 18 photographs of the Lakewood (Ohio) Fire Department Baseball team of 1916, including Eernest And Dooles with the mascot; 42 photos of the Lakewood Masonic Baseball team and about 60 photos of an automobile trip from Cleveland to St. Paul in 1915; With the circus... Read More

"BOT" OF A FORMER SPY

Boston: June 8, 1792. "BOT" OF A FORMER SPY. A quaint record of Federal era Boston which includes a handwrtiien list of 17 artisan and craftsman on the verso reading in part: "Receipt to Mrs. Prentice Bot of John Carnes Junr for 3 Willow Hatts 3/9 L11.3 rec'd pay't for..... Read More

Winchester & Briggs Agreement

Salem [MA]: March 6, 1833. Winchester & Briggs Agreement. A neighborly (or not so neighborly) agreement reading: "We the under signed agree to pay to Samuel Noah one cent per year apeace for the privalage to pass & repass over the Land from the door in the northwest end of... Read More

Friends of the Constitution

Philadelphia: 8 June 1791. Friends of the Constitution. Andrew Brown (1744-1797) established the “Federal Gazette” in 1788. It was the first journal to regularly publish the congressional debates and was the “main channel through which the friends of the federal constitution address the public” (Appleton).Read More

Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer

Virginia: 1861. WIlliam H. Wyker. Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer. A folksy sketch of an officer's cabin at the outbreak of the war, reading: "Camp Big Chestnut Winter Quarters in old Virginia 1861."A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, William H. Wyker enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment at... Read More

Adams vs. Jackson campaign of 1828 state synopsis

Washington City: October 3rd 1828. Adams vs. Jackson campaign of 1828 state synopsis. An engaging insight into state level political machinations during one of the epic presdiential campaigns that saw the emergence of the Second Party System in the U.S.The Presidential campaign of 1828 was a rematch between incumbent President... Read More

Saco [Maine]: May 21 1722. Written on the eve of Dummer's War from the frontier of what is now Maine, reading: “Capt. Peprell Sr plaise to pay unto Mr. John Brown on order of ten shillings and place it in act of fr your Humble svt Henry Gilbert"Sir William Pepperell... Read More

Adapted for American Audiences

Philadelphia: Printed for H. & P. Rice, and Mathew Carey, 1794. First American edition. Adapted for American Audiences. Susan Haswell Rowson, author of the famous Charlotte Temple (1791) is here listed in the Dramatis Personae as playing the part of Mrs. Placid; her husband William Rowson, was the Prompter named... Read More

TIN WARE

np: c. 1835. TIN WARE. All prices in shillingsJonathan P. Lund came to Acushnet section of Fairhaven, Mass in 1831 and opened a large manufacturing business, located at what came to be called Lund's Corners.Read More

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ANN PARRY

Portsmouth, [NH]: 1829-1830. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ANN PARRY. This is an early, significant record of a storied New England vessel. The 328-ton, barque, Ann Parry was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1825. She took her maiden voyage on December 5, sailing to Savannah, Georgia and Liverpool England... Read More

Debts After Death

Salem, [MA]: 1745. Debts After Death. An interesting, if slightly morbid, collection of 18th century Salem history. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Young (c.1697-1745) was the son of William Young and Sarah Whittaker (the great-great grand parents of Mormon leader Brigham Young). Benjamin married Mary Howard in 1722. He died... Read More

AN EARLY PIONEER OF SMALL POX VACCINATION

Salem, [MA]: 7 May 1762. AN EARLY PIONEER OF SMALL POX VACCINATION. These items offer a quaint glimpse of a beloved New England Physician. Edward Augustus Holyoke (1728-1829), the son of Rev. Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) and Margaret Appleton, was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on August 1, 1728. Holyoke moved with... Read More

Morristown, NJ: 21 July 1821. Reading in part, "I had the pleasure of receiving your favor of the 7th inst. informing me of your having recovered for Mrs. Haily & Miss. Cooke $278.40 each from the Corporation for the relef of Widows ---of Clergymen of the Episcopal Church.."Read More

A Rare Colonial Map and Land Record

Somersett, New Jersey: 20 November 1722. A Rare Colonial Map and Land Record. A very early New Jersey land record, ornately handwritten in large script with an accompanying hand drawn and hand-colored, illustrated map. This handsome document would be an important addition to any private or institutional collection of Colonial... Read More

Washington, DC: 23 September 1903. Interestingly, the commission was to last, according to the autograph completion of the document, "until the end of the next session of the Senate," instead of simply "for the time being" as the printed portion states.Read More

Boston: Printed [by Joseph Bumstead] for Wm. P. and L. Blake, at the Boston book-store, Cornhill, 1797. First edition with Mrs. Rowson contribution.Libretto only. The music was composed by William Shield. Cf. Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians, 3rd ed. Bumstead’s monogram device appears on p. 68. "The following... Read More

New York: T. Allen, 1792. Second New York edition.In the Fall of 1780 the young and dashing British officer, John Andrè, was arrested in civilian clothes, with a false passport, bearing reports from Benedict Arnold to General Henry Clinton on the vulnerabilities of the fort at West Point. His... Read More

VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER

Portsmouth, [NH]: 1805-1872. VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER. This is a fascinating collection chronicling an episode of the "Quasi-War" between the US and France. The Barque ‘Mary” which hailed out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was attacked and boarded off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. An article in "The Balance and... Read More